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Re: Sax Swab

Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-08-13 10:47

I always leave the pad saver in the bore while it's cased up as there's nowhere else for it to go in the case, and they're designed to be left down the bore. I've used them in this manner for over 20 years and haven't had any trouble.

I've seen people use them, then immediately take them out and place them on top of the sax before shutting the lid. I'd never place anything on top of my saxes before closing the lid as that can do damage.

As the sax body is brass it isn't affected by moisture as a wooden clarinet would be, and I've seen the state of clarinet bores where players have used pad savers.

They don't work on clarinets as the fibres won't go anywhere near the pads. On saxes they distribute the moisture evenly in the bore and when first put in, they remove the excess water from the closed top pads (high D-F#). I usually put them in and twist the stopper part so it works like a car wash brush on the inside and distributes the condensation more evenly.

The pool of water that forms in the bell bow has already been tipped out before I put the pad saver in.

I recommend these pad savers (HW) as they are made of synthetic fibres, they don't shed fibres easily and the fibres compress right down to the wire core so there's no chance of them getting snagged on the lower 8ve tube when put in or removed.

The more dense variety of pad savers that don't compress much run the risk of breaking the solder joint on the 8ve tube on some saxes that have an 8ve tube that protrudes a fair way into the bore (eg. Yamaha).

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2008-08-13 10:52)

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